Earlier this week, I got an email from my buddy John “Brando” Brandeberry asking if I wanted to come over this weekend and help play a few games in his 1930 APBA replay. Kind of like a middle aged booty-call except better, because you know, it’s APBA. So I went…
As always, I’m getting my league stats done just under the wire. I sent them in with just one hour to spare before the deadline. We’re playing way below our predicted level at a 29-43 record. Yikes! Not only that, there are some interesting stats so far… I picked up…
Philly-based Brian Cavanaugh and the Bridesburg Boys and Girls Club APBA Baseball League are gearing up for their upcoming draft which is happening on June 27th and 28th. Brian has done some terrific work with the BBGC and has had a pretty successful APBA league going for the past few…
Todd Cruz did something right in 1983. He was rated a 3B-5 after all. Give the Baltimore Orioles a little credit with this. Cruz didn’t play third base until he was traded from Seattle to Baltimore midseason. Cruz wasn’t much of a hitter but I will say this: he was…
Rumor has it that Steve Skoff has won the 2013 APBA Convention Tournament this past weekend in Atlanta. Steve’s 1911 New York Giants defeated the 1995 Cleveland Indians skippered by Pat McGregor to win the Tournament for the second year in a row. Steve used the 1912 Giants in last…
Last week, I presented 1978 NL MVP Dave Parker for the Monster Card selection. This week, let’s look at the AL selection for MVP in 1978, Boston Red Sox outfielder Jim Rice. In a lot of ways, the two players are very similar for the 1978 season. Both outfielders won…
A couple days ago, I posted an example of what instructions for an APBA mail series for baseball might look like. I have to admit, they pale in comparison to what John Briggs put together for his team in the Roberto Clemente Memorial Baseball Association. Not only are they complete…
Congratulations to the new APBA Hall of Famers, the father-son duo of Greg and Brian Wells! They were inducted at this weekend’s national APBA Convention in Atlanta. Kevin Cluff made the official announcement on the APBA Between the Lines forum: A hearty congratulations to Brian and Greg Wells who were…
A couple “streaky” updates from my friend John Brandeberry who is replaying the 1930 season: Johnny Frederick of the Brooklyn Dodgers got a hit in his final at bat to extend his hitting streak to 48 games. In the American League Al Simmons has a 42 game hitting streak. In…
l have been asked in the past about how APBA leagues work in general and in specific, how exactly do managers send instructions to each other when they don’t play face-to-face. Since I wasn’t able to get together face-to-face with fellow manager Todd Ventresca (left) this month, I wrote up…